Xerxes Seposo, MENRM, MPH, MPMPhD
Senior Research Fellow, ACRI
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Climate Change and Health, Air Pollution Epidemiology
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Dr. Seposo is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Hygiene of the Graduate School of Medicine in Hokkaido University and concurrently a Senior Research and Innovation Fellow at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. He is the lead scientific convenor of the Southeast Asia Research on Climate change and Dengue (SEARCD), which aims to elucidate the local and regional effects of climate and weather variables on dengue incidence in the region using consistent analytical methodologies. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 publications in mid- and high-tier impact factor journals and has published two book chapters, one in air pollution epidemiology and climate change epidemiology. He currently occupies numerous scientific board membership to peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Seposo also serves as a country-level international consultant to Green Climate Fund projects on climate resilient health system develop in Micronesia, Timor-Leste, and Togo.
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Environmental Health
POLICY BRIEF: From Research to Impact: Transformative Actions Against Arsenic Groundwater Contamination In Batangas
On the 12th of January 2020, Taal Volcano, located in Southwest Luzon in the Philippines, erupted greatly impacting the livelihood and health of the people in Batangas Province. With majority of Batangas province relying on the groundwater aquifer surrounding Taal Volcano, one of the world’s most active volcanoes globally, for drinking water, this volcanic event followed by continuous volcanic activity throughout 2020 prompted an investigation on the quality of groundwater sources in communities surrounding the volcano.
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Environmental Health
POLICY BRIEF: From Research to Impact: Transformative Actions Against Arsenic Groundwater Contamination In Batangas
On the 12th of January 2020, Taal Volcano, located in Southwest Luzon in the Philippines, erupted greatly impacting the livelihood and health of the people in Batangas Province. With majority of Batangas province relying on the groundwater aquifer surrounding Taal Volcano, one of the world’s most active volcanoes globally, for drinking water, this volcanic event followed by continuous volcanic activity throughout 2020 prompted an investigation on the quality of groundwater sources in communities surrounding the volcano.